Just Rust
by oskar

Comment:
My guess for one of the three ribbons! Great colours!

Out of order
by alfred

Comment:
This would have been an awesome picture if it was bigger and the colour saturation was increased by about 10 per cent.

Weeds
by joncd4

Comment:
I love that you experimented with DOF here. I would have maybe had a bit more past the flower in focus - not much, only a fraction. however, lovely idea. -7

Waves
by ghoti

Comment:
Holy cow! Great eye!! - 9

Mating Dance?
by photom

Comment:
Congratulations on this ribbon. Not to take anything away from the other ribbon winners, but I really thought this would get the blue. After all, it's incredibly hard to get this close to these birds and you can't exactly pose the shot. This could almost have worked for serendipity! I am absolutely shocked and horrified that you had a single 1 or even two 4s! Anyway... congrats on the high ranking. You really deserved it. Looking forward to seeing more of your work.

A dog's eye view of our town
by scottwilson

Comment:
Really funny. I love it. My only suggestion is that it lokos like the cars were blurred out in post-processing. It looks alittle funny. I'm not very adept in PS myself so I'm not sure how to correct it. Sometimes you can use several layers and gausian blur to blur the background to give your subject more DOf. I think there may be a tutorial on this on the site. But, overall, I really like it. The fire hydrant really stands out. Too many images in this challenge have no real point of interest or subject to draw the eye - 8.

Oceanside California
by thelsel

Comment:
If you don't win the blue ribbon I'll be surprised. This one is perfect. - 10

Back Garden With Pond
by simbamba

Comment:
I really like this image. I find it looks like the noise reduction was a bit too much. NOt sure if maybe it was that the shutter was open and the wind was blowing the trees for the blurr or if you used NeatImage or NoiseNinja. I find it has a really arty feel. I like it a lot, but the blur is a bit distracting. - 8

Denied Entry
by leaf

Comment:
THis is no offence to the people who did get a ribbon, but I'm shocked that this one didn't edge in just high enough for one. Congrats on the high placement though. Well deserved!

Mating Dance?
by photom

Comment:
I've been stalking our local "heronry" every day for a month hoping to get a shot like this but I've had no luck! This is definitely the best one in this challenge. If you don't win a ribbon I'll fall of my chair. -10